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2015

Madonna has some solid advice for Kanye West, who co-produced several tracks on her new album, Rebel Heart, including the excellent "Illuminati": "Don't go to awards shows looking for justice," she says in interviews for Rolling Stone's new cover story....

Madonna has announced dates for an upcoming 35-city tour in support of her latest album Rebel Heart. Kicking off in Miami on August 29th, the pop star will bring her Rebel Heart tour across North America, Europe and the UK through December.
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One of the most stunning moments of the 2015 Brit Awards came when Madonna experienced what looked like a bad fall backwards off a flight of stairs during "Living for Love." The Rolling Stone cover star miraculously recovered and finished out...

It was a night of a few thrills and one show-stealing spill at the BRIT Awards in London. Ed Sheeran (British Male Solo Artist, Mastercard British Album of the Year) and Sam Smith (BRITs Global Success Award, British Breakthrough Act) confirmed their...

Since first storming MTV in 1983 with the poetic, lo-fi "Burning Up," Madonna's music videos have spent more than 20 years sparking conversations about fashion, feminism, sex, religion and what you could and could not show on television. To...

Madonna is amping up her social media game once more in the run-up to her new album, Rebel Heart, offering five fans the chance to win a special chat with her as part of a competition on the gay dating app Grindr.
To enter, users must...

Madonna plays a matador in her new video for "Living for Love," becoming the biggest artist to premiere a music video on Snapchat.
On Thursday, the singer innovatively debuted the video on the Snap channel of the application's...

Last December, Madonna was forced to rush out six songs from her upcoming LP Rebel Heart after over a dozen early mixes of the album's tracks leaked online well before the singer's 13th album was even announced. While most hacking...

Bitch, she's Madonna. The queen of queens has given a taste of her upcoming album, Rebel Heart, with a few songs dropped in advance after an early leak of unfinished versions. And the girl's in a feisty mood these days – Madonna writing herself...

The Israeli man accused of hacking into Madonna and her associates' computers and leaking songs destined for the singer's March 6th-bound Rebel Heart has been indicted on four counts. Adi Lederman, who three years ago tried out for...

Madonna returns to the cover of Rolling Stone in our latest issue (on stands Friday) giving her most revealing, introspective and fiery interview in years. In the in-depth Q&A with senior writer Brian Hiatt, Madonna discusses her real feelings...

For many years, Madonna avoided the Internet like gluten. But in December, the Internet decided to stop waiting for Madonna, and everything went wrong: Her music was stolen and leaked; her hasty, emotional responses on Instagram used terms like "rape"...

Madonna brought her latest video to life on the Grammy stage. Sticking with the horned dancers and matador theme, the legendary singer was out for blood with her first live performance of the Diplo-produced Rebel Heart single...

UPDATE: "Iconic," Madonna's track with Tyson and Chance the Rapper, has leaked. Listen to it now over at Stereogum.
When Madonna released the finished track list for her upcoming album Rebel Heart earlier this week, the most conspicuous...

Madonna was in Africa in late November, visiting schools built by her Raising Malawi nonprofit, when the first leak hit the Web: 40 seconds of "Rebel Heart," a defiant, dance-y track she had recently been working on. Three weeks later, the leak became...

UPDATE: Kanye West will perform at the Grammys in what is being billed as a "never-before-seen solo performance." The solo performance will complement West's appearance with Paul McCartney and Rihanna for "FourFiveSeconds."
The 57th annual Grammy...

2014

For the past year, Madonna has been updating fans on the progress of her 13th studio album through Instagram posts picturing collaborators (Nicki Minaj, Avicii, Diplo) and inspirations (children in Malawi, Miley Cyrus, placards reading "I need...

While it's been reported that Madonna collaborated with hit-making producers like Diplo and Avicii on her upcoming 13th studio album, offbeat indie rocker Ariel Pink recently revealed that he too was recruited to work on the Material...

Madonna hadn't planned on releasing her 13th album, Rebel Heart, until spring 2015. But leakers had other plans for the Queen of Pop's follow-up to 2012's MDNA, unleashing early mixes of 13 tracks onto the Internet this week. In response, Madonna...

One of the essential Quentin Tarantino scenes is the frank roundtable analysis of "Like a Virgin" from the 1992 crime classic Reservoir Dogs. Now, thanks to animator and visual effects artist Glenn O Neill, the filmmaker's fans can enjoy...